Thread: Dinner

Bloody hell Nigel you do eat well and I notice you are a big fan of orange juice.

I for one always prefer to drink water with a meal as fruit juices does spoil or more so confuse the taste of some dishes.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Bloody hell Nigel you do eat well and I notice you are a big fan of orange juice.

I for one always prefer to drink water with a meal as fruit juices does spoil or more so confuse the taste of some dishes.

Here's almost a topic on it's own.
I don't drink anything with a meal except breakfast.
Dinner, I have a drink after, breakfast usually a cup tea with.

Did a nice Chicken Tikka Masala with Tandoori Wings last night.



I used one of these little spice packs from Tops and it was probably the best home made Tikka I've ever done.

It sure as hell does look good mate.

They've got a Chicken Marsala (Italian) one too that I might give a go tonight.

I am looking at Foodland today, but I sure did not see that on Saturday when I was shopping.

I've only seen them in Tops.

Edit: and Paragon food market.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

They look spot on Tosl mate well done as Dill says would go smack on my square plates.

Glad to see your recovering ok mate to be well enough to do some cooking

Can't green you Nigel as apparently I have to spread ether love around. All going well re the health but now have to find a new job.

This was only my first attempt at Yorkshires so quite pleased. Will try tonight again as toad in the whole.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Did a nice Chicken Tikka Masala with Tandoori Wings last night.



I used one of these little spice packs from Tops and it was probably the best home made Tikka I've ever done.

Looks really tasty....will have to look out for them next time I get into a Tops.

Originally Posted by toslti

Looks really tasty....will have to look out for them next time I get into a Tops.

Or just get the spices separately. The one included that I can never find is Garam Masala.

In the pack is:

Garlic flakes,
Garam Masala,
Cumin,
Chilli flakes,
Paprika

They've got quite a few I've just found.

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Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

The one included that I can never find is Garam Masala.

I've seen a misnamed Seppo one called 'Curry Powder' from, I believe, McCormick.

There's also a local brand who have black and orange labels called Cooking for Fun who do one called Massala.

This is their curry poweder

How much are those spice packs Princey ?

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

How much are those spice packs Princey ?

65bt. So about the same as a pre-made sauce but a lot more flavor.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I've seen a misnamed Seppo one called 'Curry Powder' from, I believe, McCormick.

Yep I think you're right. I can only find 'Curry Powder' on their site and on the Tikka Masala page Garam Masala is the only one that has no link to it.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

There's also a local brand who have black and orange labels called Cooking for Fun who do one called Massala.

Yep just found it. Cheers.

Originally Posted by Bogon

You can tell Jan's buggered off 'cos Nige doesn't even know where to place his orange juice

...or his cutlery!

Originally Posted by Koojo

Here's almost a topic on it's own.
I don't drink anything with a meal except breakfast.
Dinner, I have a drink after, breakfast usually a cup tea with.

White meats - a crisp Chardonnay

Red meats - a robust Claret

Thai food - half a litre of Lau khao to get the fucking taste out of my mouth

Originally Posted by Koojo

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Bloody hell Nigel you do eat well and I notice you are a big fan of orange juice.

I for one always prefer to drink water with a meal as fruit juices does spoil or more so confuse the taste of some dishes.

Here's almost a topic on it's own.
I don't drink anything with a meal except breakfast.
Dinner, I have a drink after, breakfast usually a cup tea with.

same same me Koojo. I can never recall there being drinks at the meal table.
Imprinted on my brain from my youth were all the TV sitcoms and dramas where the actors would all seemingly have an alcoholic drink as soon as entering the room.
I would only see alcohol in the house around Christmas if I exclude the bottle of (medicinal cough cough) brandy under my grandma's bed.

Pots of tea were brewed on a regular basis and to this day I must have a cuppa after dinner and just before retiring for the night

Sorry for the digression but it struck a chord

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

under my grandma's bed.

What the hell were you doing under your Grandma's bed?

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

Pots of tea were brewed on a regular basis and to this day I must have a cuppa after dinner and just before retiring for the night

I also prefer a nice cup of tea after a meal but it is a family custom here to drink fresh cool water with our meals.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

under my grandma's bed.

What the hell were you doing under your Grandma's bed?

She thought it was both well hidden and accessible.
Well it was at least accessible

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

If you are in Bangkok, which I believe you are there is a nice little Indian minimart in the shopping arcade of the Rembrandt Hotel. All spices can be found there in various pack sizes both whole and ground. Prices are cheap

Cheers Larry. There's another street near me in Silom next to the Indian temple that sells pretty much everything, but I always forget the spices when I'm buying poppadoms.

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

growing up we always had room temp spicket (sp?) water.... and most often cold milk which I hated and ended up having to drink the mile at room temp also... oh gag me with a spoon.

When a child the school used to provide a bottle of milk every day to each pupil. The milk crates were placed out in the school yard sometime after school started and were available to the pupils to help themselves at breaktime. In winter they were frozen and in summer on the way to being cooked.

I still can't drink milk